Planning Ahead

This is the Coral Princess. Lord willing we will be on her decks for a seven day Alaska cruise this time next year. Actually, a year from this Saturday, the 23rd. For the last ten years we have taken a cruise vacation once every two years. It's not so much a matter of planning ahead as it is saving to pay for it. I'm pumped today because we have finally been able to book this trip. They won't let you book the Alaska trips too far in advance. Anyway, if you are interested in going with us, we'd love to have you. This is our only repeat cruise because we liked it so much. The last trip we took to Alaska, was on a different cruise line and believe me - Princess is awesome. This will be our sixth cruise, but our fourth Princess cruise and we like the quality of everything they do. Last time, in 2000 we had 38 people in our group. So we have them holding twenty rooms for our group and they will hold them for the rest of the summer, through August. We are taking the Northern trip, from Vancouver to Whittier (south of Anchorage) and will probably add on a pre-stay in Vancouver, because we've never been there, and a post-cruise trip to one of the Princess wilderness lodges. We haven't decided which yet because you can add that stuff whenever you want to - as long as they're not booked up. And that's "us" personally. You can decide for yourself if you want to add anything to the seven day cruise.

Anyway, if you want more info, you can contact us or our travel agent June Webster at Damar Travel (800-999-6101 x414). It's only twenty-five dollars per person (refundable) to reserve a spot. If you want to check it out for yourself, simply go to Princess.com and click on "Find and Compare" then click the Alaska, June 2008, Coral Princess, 6-8 days - places and it will bring up the cruises. We are on the Vancouver to Whittier - embarking June 23, 2008. From there you can check itinerary, excursions, pricing (w/o tax, port fees, transfers, etc).

It's tough to wait two years to take a really nice vacation, but it sure is fun when you finally get do it and get to share it with lots of special friends. We really love cruising because it's a total package and it's all first class. Everything about it is an exciting experience, especially when you have neat stops and neat people to be with. Frankly, my favorite stop is the dinner table - where "people we know" have actually ordered multiple entrees and desserts - just to try something new. But I'm not revealing who "they" might be - yet.

Anyway - this is not a commercial, just an FYI. We like to take vacations with friends and family. It doesn't even bother me to be sailing on a "Princess". At least it's not pink!